# Incident 20030419005079I: Stbros SC73, Eloy, AZ, April 19, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2003, 10:45 local time
- Place: Eloy, AZ
- Airport: Eloy Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 32.8067° N, 111.5866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELOY MUNI (E60), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8067&lon=-111.5866&mi=10
- Aircraft: N101UV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N101UV-2026-10-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Short Bros. & Harland SC7 SERIES 3 (registry code 8100512, https://openairdocs.org/model/short-bros-harland-sc7-series-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STBROS SC73
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030419005079I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) SPORT PARACHUTIST JUMP FROM AIRCRAFT AT 13000 FT., FREE FALL, MAKE NORMAL DEPLOYMENT OF PARACHUTE WITH NO REPORTED PROBLEMS. APPROACHED THE LANDING AREA UNDER A CANOPY THAT WITNESSES THOUGHT WAS FLYING NORMALLY. AT APPROX 2-300 FT., SHE MADE A STEEP TOGGLE TURN, MAINTAINING THE STEEP TURN FOR MORE THAN TWO COMPLETE ROTATIONS BEFORE IMPACTING THE GROUND AT THE SAME TIME HER CANOPY HIT THE GROUND. WITNESSES STATED THEY DID NOT SEE HER ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THE TURN OR STRAIGHTEN OUT PRIOR TO IMPACT.

## Other reports on N101UV (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20080718856209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080718856209I), Jul 18, 2008: Stbros SC7SERIES3 (N101UV), Clewiston, FL, No damage. On 7/18/2008 at approximately 1810 hrs [privacy data omitted] and [privacy data omitted] both entered the landing area under fully inflating parachutes. At…
- [Incident 20070520009259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070520009259I), May 20, 2007: Stbros SC7SERIES3 (N101UV), Deland, FL, No damage, 1 fatal. (-23) During sport competition, [privacy data omitted] attempted to do a left hand turn to gain speed, appeared to over rotate and was unable to correct…
- [Incident 19980918033989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980918033989I), Sep 18, 1998: Stbros SC73 (N101UV), Shelton, WA, 1 fatal. September 18, 1998, Mr. Robert m. turso was skydiving in a group of 24 people. At about 200 feet AGL Mr. Turso reserve chute deployed. At this time both the…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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